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[NP-MCCF-F] Mushroom Cultivation for City Farmers

Offered by School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technology

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Area of interest
Agri-Tech Business, Business

About Course

Course Objectives

This 3-day mushroom cultivation course introduces on how to grow edible mushrooms at home, and on a commercial scale.

You will learn about culture maintenance, substrate preparation, application of IoT for monitoring & maintenance, pest & disease management, and the business aspect of setting and running a mushroom farm, marketing opportunities and business strategies.

Course Description

Learners will learn:
  • Varieties of edible mushrooms and their nutritional/medicinal values
  • Cultivation & growth requirements and pest management
  • The process of growing mushrooms, from spores to harvesting
  • Application IoT technologies in monitoring and maintenance of mushroom
    cultivation
  • Insider’s tips on running a mushroom business

Course 
Schedule

  1. Registration Period 28 Apr 2025 - 05 Jun 2025
  2. Course Date 26 Jun 2025 - 28 Jun 2025
  3. Venue NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC
  4. Mode of Training Classroom
  5. Schedule Info Duration: 3 days
    Time: 9am to 6pm
    Delivery Mode: Classroom
    Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic

    Schedule may subject to changes. Detailed timetable will only be release upon enrolment and nearer to course commencement date.

Duration: 3 days
Time: 9am to 6pm
Delivery Mode: Classroom
Venue: Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Schedule may subject to changes. Detailed timetable will only be release upon enrolment and nearer to course commencement date.

Course Structure

TPG course reference No.

TGS-2021003123

Mushroom Cultivation for City Farmers
Mushroom Cultivation for City Farmers (NP-MCCF-F)
Mushrooms have high nutritional and medicinal values. Mushroom business is inexpensive and large quantity of mushrooms can be produced in a small space.

Financial matters

Course fees payable (incl. GST & excl. supplementary fee)

Description Mushroom Cultivation for City Farmers Total course fee
Full Course fee $915.60 $915.60
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs for Singapore Citizen $106.68 $106.68
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs - SPR & LTVP+ $106.68 $106.68
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy for Singapore Citizen aged 40 and above $106.68 $106.68
SkillsFuture Baseline Funding for Singapore Citizen Aged Below 40 $274.68 $274.68
SkillsFuture Baseline Funding for SPR/LTVP+ $274.68 $274.68

GST rate

The course fees payable above are inclusive of 9% GST rate.

Payment option

The payment needs to be made upon the application is submitted.

Allowed payment by

The course fee allows to be paid by:
Post-Secondary Education Account (Adhoc withdrawal form);
SkillsFuture Credits (SFC);
Credit card (e-payment);
Debit card (e-payment);
PayNow (e-payment).

Refund and withdrawal policy

  • Please note that a 100% refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted more than or equal to 14 days before the course start date.
  • Please note that a 50% refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted less than 14 days before the course start date.
  • Please note that no refund will be available if the withdrawal request is submitted on or after the course start date.